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And Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk has called on the government to close up ‘timewasting loopholes’ in immigration law.

Paedophile Shabir Ahmed, who led the child sex grooming ring, had previously tried and failed to overturn his convictions at a European court, arguing he was not given a fair trial by because all the members of the jury were white. But the claim was thrown out last year.

Ahmed, 63, and three others from the gang - Adil Khan, Abdul Rauf and Abdul Aziz - are now appealing against a decision by then Home Secretary, Theresa May, to strip them of British citizenship.

Abdul Rauf was released on licence in 2015, and is now appealing against a Home Office order to deport him

Mr Justice Bernard McCloskey, Britain’s most senior immigration judge, will deliver a decision later this month.

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He said: “Shabir Ahmed and his accomplices are vile and dangerous individuals and I’m glad they’re off our streets.

“But it is British taxpayers who are picking up the bill to keep them incarcerated.

“The system is too open to abuse by criminals like these. It should be made easier for them to be deported. There shouldn’t be these loopholes to allow them to continue to languish in British prisons instead of ones in their home countries.